Millersville Annexation Case

Concurring Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones :

I concur in the majority’s opinion that the annexation provisions of The Borough Code and the Second Class Township Act (Act of 1953) should be read “in pari materia” so that a husband and wife owning land as tenants by the entireties are to be counted as one freeholder. It is still my opinion, however, that all determinations under the two statutes referring to annexation of part or all of a second-class township to a borough, whether substantive or procedural, are “in pari materia” and should be construed as one law. See, Jenner Twp. Annexation…